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Contamination Avoidance Programs
helicopter for operations. This program has been designed in two phases; an NDI phase designed
to rapidly field an interim capability and a pre-planned product improvement (P3I) phase. The
three NDI LR-BSDSs have been fielded to the 310 th Chemical Company (USAR). The NDI system
is able to detect and track man-made aerosols out to 30 km, but is non-eyesafe out to about 2.5
km. The P3I will provide an eye safe laser system at all ranges, an automated cloud detection and
tracking capability, and an increased detection range (50 km).
NBC RECONNAISSANCE
M93 NBC Reconnaissance System (NBCRS)
The M93 NBC Reconnaissance System, known as the
FOX, is a high mobility armored vehicle capable of performing
NBC reconnaissance on primary, secondary,
and cross country routes throughout the battlefield. The
NBCRS was procured as a Non-Developmental Item
and is capable of detection, warning and sampling the
effects of NBC weapons and is used as a reconnaissance
vehicle to locate, identify and mark chemical and
nuclear contamination on the battlefield. The M93 FOX
usually accompanies the scouts or motorized reconnaissance
forces when performing its NBC mission. The
NBCRS has an overpressure filtration system that permits the crew to operate the system in a shirt
sleeve environment which is fully protected from the effects of NBC agents and contamination. It
utilizes a secure communications system to warn follow-on forces. Samples gathered are forwarded
to the Theatre Area Medical Laboratory for further analysis and verification. The mobility platform
is a six wheeled all wheel drive, armored combat vehicle capable of cross-country operation at
speeds up to 65 MPH. The Fox System is fully amphibious and is capable of swimming speeds up
to 6 MPH. The M93 NBCRS has been fielded worldwide to the Army and Marine Corps forces.
M93A1 – FOX System
The Block I Modification M93A1 NBCRS contains
an enhanced and fully integrated NBC sensor suite
consisting of the M21 RSCAAL, MM1 Mobile Mass
Spectrometer, CAM/ICAM, AN/VDR-2, and M22
ACADA. The NBC sensor suite has been digitally
linked together with the communications and navigation
subsystems by a dual-purpose central processor
system known as the MICAD. The MICAD
processor fully automates NBC Warning and
Reporting functions and provides the crew commander
full situational awareness of the Fox’s NBC
sensors, navigation, and communications systems.
The M93A1 FOX is also equipped with an advanced position navigation system (GPS & ANAV)
that enables the system to accurately locate and report agent contamination. The NDI mobility
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